Rolls-Royce To Sell Michell Bearings Business
Rolls-Royce today confirmed its intention to sell its Michell Bearings business to British Engines Limited for a cash consideration of £12.6m
Pratt & Whitney Wins $325 Million VAATE III Contract
Pratt & Whitney announced today that it has been awarded $325 million contract for Versatile Affordable Advanced Turbine Engines (VAATE) III and beyond. The VAATE program is a joint government and industry effort to develop revolutionary and innovative technologies by the 2017 timeframe that will permit an order of magnitude increase...
Pratt And Whitney Denies US DoD IG Report On F135 Engine's Quality...
Pratt & Whitney on Monday has denied a report by the US Department of Defense's (DoD's) inspector general (IG) that has raised quality control violations of the F135 engine for the Lockheed Martin F-35 Fighter. The Government Accountability Office (GAO) studied flight test data and concluded that the reliability of the...
USAF Research Lab Analysis Confirms Feasibility Of SABRE Engine Concept
Reaction Engines announced Wednesday that the analysis of the US Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) has confirmed the feasibility of the Synergetic Air-Breathing Rocket Engine (‘SABRE) engine cycle concept. The analysis was undertaken by AFRL as part of a Cooperative Research and Development Agreement (CRADA) with the Air Force Research Laboratorys...
Pratt And Whitney To Re-evaluate F-35 Fighter Jet Engine Fix
Pratt & Whitney is ramping up the retrofits to operational F135 engines with a fix to the problem that led to a catastrophic engine fire last year in the F-35A Joint Strike Fighter. The company stated in its press release Monday that it is aiming to modify the entire fleet by...
US Army Selects GE For Advanced Engine Controls Technology Development
GE Aviation announced Monday that it has been selected by US Army to perform conceptual design and trade analysis on the Rotorcraft Advanced Engine Integrated Controls System (RAEICS) program. The two year project will develop a conceptual design of an advanced engine control system to enable innovative, high performance propulsion capabilities for Future Vertical Lift (FVL) platforms
StandardAero Acquires DutchAero For F100, F135 Aircraft Engine Maintenance
StandardAero has acquired DutchAero Services (DAS) from GE/Avio and will take over the existing operations to establish a European Support Center providing military MRO services for Pratt & Whitney F100 and future F135 engines. DAS will be branded as StandardAero Defense Services Europe and will become StandardAeros second MRO operation in the country, the company announced in its press release on Thursday
Thai Air Force Chooses IFS For F-5E/F Fighter Jet Engine Maintenance...
IFS announced today that the Directorate of Aeronautical Engineering (DAE), Royal Thai Air Force has chosen to deploy IFS Applications to manage the maintenance of 25 F-5E/F fighter planes' jet engines. The DAE required a solution with strong maintenance capabilities to manage its fleet of fighter planes that includes operating 47 J85-GE-21B/C jet engines
United Tech Wins $407 Million Engine Component Contract
United Technologies has won a $407 million contract from the US defense for providing design improvement, life management/analysis, repair development and test to Pratt & Whitneys engines. This contract is expected to be complete by Dec
Pakistan, China To Introduce Two-Seater Xiaolong Fighter At Paris Show 2015
China and Pakistan are planning to display a two-seater version of the Xiaolong fighter at Paris Air Show 2015 to be held from June 15-21. Both the nations have plans to introduce the two seater version of FC-1 Xiaolong multirole fighter, also known as the JF-17 Thunder to the overseas market, according to Military Parade
Australian 3D-Printed Aircraft Engine Attracts Defense Companies
Airbus, Boeing and Raytheon have reportedly shown interest in an Australian 3D-printed jet engine technology that is said to transform the way aircraft are built. Researchers from Monash University, aided by the Australian CSIRO and Deakin University, have printed two engines and displayed them at the International Air Show in Avalon, various media reported
Arkia Selects Four Rolls Royce Trent 7000 Powered A330 Aircraft
ARKIA Israeli Airlines has choosen up to four Airbus A330-900neo aircraft powered by Rolls Royce's Trent 7000 engine. The Trent 7000 brings together the experience from the Trent 700 - the engine of choice for the current A330 and architecture as well as technology from the Trent 1000 TEN, the latest version of the Trent 1000 engine, stated in the companys press release on Monday
British Army Declares Readiness to Counter Russian Threats
Australia Delivers Guardian-Class Patrol Boat to Fiji
Australia, India Agree on Air-to-Air Refuelling Cooperation
New Dutch-made Satellite to Strengthen Military Intelligence by 2027
Russian Su-57 and Chinese J-20 as Alternatives to the American F-35 Stealth Fighter
As the Russian Su-57 stealth fighter jet enters serial production, the debate over how it stacks up against the American...
NATO’s Intensified Exercises a Prep to Attack Russia?
Recent NATO exercises such as the BALTOPS-24, Steadfast Defender 2024 and its first-ever Basic Fighter Maneuvers exercise have been its...
Precision in the Skies: The Evolution of Loitering Munitions
Loitering munitions - drones that hover over a target and blow up near it - have become the weapon of...
Is the Patriot Air Defense System Outdated?
After Israel revealed its decision to decommission its U
Russia's Growing Influence in Africa: Arms Sales and Military Bases
Russia's expanding influence in Africa, demonstrated by arms sales, military deployments, and diplomatic engagements, reflects a significant geopolitical shift on...